Metropolitan Police Department FOIA Response
RE: FOIA Request No. R000000-000000
Dear Lorem Ipsum Dolor :
This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, as originally submitted, for:
"...CCTV Footage and Request for Fee Waiver Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the DC Freedom of Information Act, DC Official Code § 2-532, I am writing to request the release of certain records held by the Metropolitan Police Department. Specifically, I am requesting the following records: CCTV Footage – Video recordings from the closed-circuit television (CCTV) system located at or near the intersection of New York Avenue and Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC, adjacent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Headquarters, on February 8, 2025, at 12:29:40 PM EST. The footage should capture the incident involving a black Dodge Charger or a similar type of muscle car, driven by a black male between the ages of 25 to 30. The vehicle was involved in an attempted vehicular assault. I am specifically requesting this footage to confirm the identity of the individual and to retrieve the vehicle’s tag number, which I was unable to obtain at the scene."
A search located no records responsive to this FOIA request, as the MPD does not have a CCTV camera at the referenced location. It is my understanding that the District of Columbia (DC) Department of Transportation (DDOT) may have a camera at or near that location.
You may wish to submit a new FOIA request to the District of Columbia (DC) Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), to ascertain if that agency, or if the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), as mentioned, has video-recorded traffic cameras at or near the referenced location, as HSEMA handles such FOIA requests for its own as well as DDOT’s CCTV camera footage.
Note: It is my understanding that some of those agencies’ CCTV traffic cameras are “live-feed only”, rather than recorded. A FOIA request may be submitted to HSEMA, at the following DC/FOIA web portal: https://myfoia.dc.gov , and by selecting “HSEMA” as the agency that may have responsive records.
Please know that, under D.C. Official Code § 2-537 and 1 DCMR § 412, you have the right to appeal this letter to the Mayor or to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If you elect to appeal to the Mayor, your appeal must be in writing and contain “Freedom of Information Act Appeal” or “FOIA Appeal” in the subject line of the letter as well on the outside of the envelope. The appeal must include (1) a copy of the original request; (2) a copy of any written denial; (3) a statement of the circumstances, reasons, and/or arguments advanced in support of disclosure; and (4) a daytime telephone number, an e-mail and/or U.S. mailing address at which you can be reached.
The appeal must be mailed to: The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Appeal, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 407, Washington, D.C. 20004. Electronic versions of the same information can instead be e-mailed to The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel at foia.appeals@dc.gov. Further, a copy of all appeal materials must be forwarded to the Freedom of Information Officer of the involved agency, or to the agency head of that agency, if there is no designated Freedom of Information Officer there.
Failure to follow these administrative steps will result in delay in the processing and commencement of a response to your appeal to the Mayor.
Sincerely,
Bob Eckert
FOIA Specialist
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
Executive Office of the Chief of Police
441 Fourth Street, N.W. | Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3721 O | (202) 727-3721
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robert.eckert@dc.gov
https://www.mpdc.dc.gov